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As many of you know (much better than I, probably) yesterday was the 5th Annual Mad Tea Party in the blogosphere...
I'd read about it in the Stampington publications, long before I started blogging myself.
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I'd always thought, "How cool!"; but had never thought about actually having one...
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Then, yesterday I was looking at Vanessa Valencia's wonderful blog, A Fanciful Twist, and reading about her party, and many, many others...
And I thought, "Why not?"...it wasn't too late...
Sooooo...I went to Walmart...(very impromptu...no time to bake... like I would, LOL) ~
I found pretty cupcakes (only now am I realizing I could have put these in some prettier papers), and various lovely cookies and treats...
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Then I bought edible glitter and pearls and pink sugar to further embellish them...
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I came home and got out my Grandma Launius's teacups and her little rose-sprigged creamer and sugar bowl; my Mom's pretty cakestands ... and polished up my little silver teapot (the one I used in my painting Tea With the Earl, also with my favorite teacup from Grandma...) ~
Next came zinnias from the garden to pretty-up the cupcakes even more...(I saw this at A Fanciful Twist, as well...).
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How do you even begin to explain to a couple of fellows (who barely get the whole concept of blogging, anyway) why you are buying and gathering all of this, and then taking it all outside to set up and photograph??
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Makes me smile, just remembering the looks...
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Mom has finally "gone 'round the bend", yes she has.
Jonathan helped me carry things out, though.
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Okay, it's all set up (such as it is...next year I will do much better)...now I just need some guests...
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Jonathan politely declined (but asked me if we could eat all the stuff I'd bought after I was finished taking pictures...I said "yes").
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So, I brought my little angel statue over, as well as my vintage photos...
I can have my little Victorian children there in spirit!
I added my Mom's little photo, too.
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The kitties wanted to come, of course, but since they don't go outside (and would be totally freaked out, outdoors, even if I got Jonathan to hold them) they would have to wait until I came back inside to have some Mad Tea Kitty Treats...
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I apologize for the repetition...I was excited!
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Someone needed to actually have a spot of tea, so I did (Earl Grey)...
This is my favorite cup and saucer, on my very favorite transferware plate...(I love fruit motifs!) ~ ♥
The sprig of Plumbago and the delicate Cosmo look so pretty, don't you think?
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Fairy Dust makes absolutely everything better...
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Back inside, here are my kitty party-revellers...
Leo (top), Cyrus, and Tallulah (with Leo checking out the zinnias)...
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Now, for my art giveaway...I will give one of my hand-pulled and watercolored linoprints (the winner's choice of Tallulah (above), or Beloved (the Calvary angel) approx. 9" x 12") to one of the commenters on this post...(All you have to do is leave a comment for me!)
~ I will have this go through Thursday, August 2nd...then I will put all the names in a hat and have Jonathan draw one (to further confuse him about blogging!) ~ I will post the winner on Friday.
Sound good?
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This is especially for Beverly's special "Pink and Yellow Saturday"!
(Happy Birthday, Beverly ~ a bit belated!)...
Thank you for reading all my Tea-Party rambling...♥
Have a wonderful Monday!
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